FAQ Number 17

What accessibility guidelines are available?

The most important guidelines are the W3C WAI guidelines. See <http://www.w3.org/WAI/> for further information.

Further Information

• QA Focus Briefing Paper - Use of Automated Tools For Testing Web Site Accessibility: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/qa-focus/documents/briefings/briefing-02/
• QA Focus Briefing Paper - How To Evaluate A Web Site's Accessibility Level: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/qa-focus/documents/briefings/briefing-12/
• TechDis - JISC's Technology for Disabilities Information Service supports and advises Higher and Further Educational Institutions in the UK on accessibility and technology issues
• NCAM/Web Access Project
• Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB) - see their video 'Websites That Work'
• Policies relating to Web Accessibility in the UK
• Disability Rights Commission
• TRACE: Designing More Usable Web Sites
• Adaptive Technology Resource Centre
• Microsoft's Guidelines for Accessible Web Design
• Six Principles of Accessible Web Design by the HTML Writers Guild
• Wave 3 accessibility checking tool